A Goodbye to Adrian Jordan

Yeah everytime i needed help with something on the forum or fb page he was easy to reach and always willing to help, hard to believe he is gone, life is so fragile

This is so sad, he was such an asset to the forum. Don't remember him ever having a harsh word toward anyone. We should fallow his example.  RIP Adrian you will be missed.

Adrian has gone the way of all living things. His little soap bubble has popped, but everything he was comprised of still remains.
His matter and energy have only changed form, and become part of the bigger thing we are all a part of.

He is still part of everything he touched, and all of us bear part of him with us. His life was like a pebble dropped into a pond. His existence ripples out from where he first began, and has continued to do so. His existence will continue to influence the universe through those of us who knew him, through everyone who knew us, and down through the ages.

We cannot help but be changed by those we encounter upon our own journey. We are expressions of the universe, exactly like the atoms which comprise us, but writ larger. We bump into each other, almost at random, but every little nudge changes us in incomprehensibly complex ways. Adrian was a beautiful expression of the same crazy, bizarre, unfathomable whole which we are all a part of. We should be honored to have known him.

I wish I had the opportunity to know Adrian better than I did. We are so fortunate to live in a time where we can communicate with each other like this. Most of us would never have had the opportunity to meet each other otherwise. I know I don't agree with the beliefs held by some, or even, most of you. It's still an honor to know you, and recognize that despite our differences we can still find common ground.

When it comes down to it, we all are far more alike than we are different. That reality is 'baked in' to us. That reality is why, as a species, we have been able to overcome so much, and become the dominant one one this planet. It was one of my great privileges, when I was part of the US army, to travel abroad and see with my own eyes how fundamentally the same we all are. Almost every difference we see in each other is largely insignificant. Even the things which seem insurmountable, are mostly rooted in a place of fear. We are currently living through a very stressful, and honestly, frightening time. There is so much confusion and uncertainty happening in the world right now. I don't know what's going to happen for any of us, but I hope we all come out the other side of this as stronger and better people. 

I'll never forget the picture of Adrian with his nephew.
I thought:  "This is a good man!"

Took me awhile to finally work up the nerve to read everybody's thoughts and comment...a great community paying it's respects to a brother now gone. Very hard.

One of the nicest stand up guys I ever had the privilege to interact with.

RIP Adrian.

I'm in the same state of shock and sadness as the rest of you. Adrian was always a great person to deal with and I will miss seeing his posts here, especially his avatar...I'll never forget it and how many times it brought a smile to my face.

I'm so sorry to hear that.
We shall remember him fondly.

Very sad news indeed.My thoughts are with his family.

Will miss you Adrian but I have faith god can bring you back.